"You're saying that ten years ago, at the beginning of the second day of disaster, you witnessed Zhou Ji and his men rob Jiang Jibai at the Dafa Supermarket?" Huo Xiao's hand trembled as he gripped his wine glass, straining to suppress his rage.

He had just led his Martial Energy Corps to expand a hundred miles, purging all the Burning Energy Beasts in the area and reclaiming the ancient human city of Nanjiang, dominating the southeast!

At the celebration banquet, he unexpectedly heard a truth he had never imagined!

For ten years, he had painstakingly searched for the truth, only to accidentally uncover it at a drinking party!

Under the influence of alcohol, Lu Xiaonian spilled the beans, revealing the secret he had kept for a decade: "Brother Xiao, I know you had a crush on Jiang Jibai back then, but that's all in the past..."

Bang!

Huo Xiao crushed the bottle and glared at Lu Xiaonian fiercely, saying, "Tell me everything you know. You know my temper."

Lu Xiaonian shuddered, a little regretful for revealing the story, but seeing Huo Xiao's anger, he gritted his teeth and said, "At the time, I saw Brother Ji... oh no, Zhou Ji and the others hiding everywhere, and they happened to run into Jiang Jibai. She'd found a lot of supplies from who knows where. With the apocalypse approaching, people will do anything to survive."

"And then..." Huo Xiao's voice trembled.

Lu Xiaonian gritted his teeth and threw himself into the fight. "Those five of them weren't human. Not only did they rob Jiang Jibai of her supplies, they even planned to rape her..."

Crack! Broken glass pierced Huo Xiao's palm, and blood mixed with the wine flowed out.

The pain in his palm was nothing compared to the excruciating heartache he felt at that moment. Xiaobai, how desperate must you have been back then...

"Brother Xiao, you won't blame me, will you? I was so scared I didn't dare tell anyone." Lu Xiaonian shrank his head, revealing the profound psychological trauma the incident had left on him.

"Go on, so Zhou Ji and the others gave Ji Bai to..." Huo Xiao's eyes were red.

Lu Xiaonian shook his head repeatedly, "Jiang Ji Bai was so fierce that she jumped off the building to feed the fierce corpses. And while Zhou Ji and the others were cursing, they took advantage of Jiang Ji Bai to lure the horde of fierce corpses away."

"Who were those five people?"

"Zhou Ji, Yang Zikuan..."

After Lu Xiaonian had recited the five familiar names, Huo Xiao angrily left.

"Hey, Brother Xiao, where are you going?"

"Revenge!" Huo Xiao's cold words lingered in the air, causing Lu Xiaonian to shudder, his drunken stupor completely sobering up at that moment.

"Brother Xiao, don't be silly. You just performed a great deed. Even if you want revenge, you can take it slow!"

"Take it slow?" Without Jiang Jibai, Huo Xiao wouldn't be where he is today.

To Lu Xiaonian, Jiang Jibai was just a crush for Huo Xiao during his peaceful teenage years. Little did he know that to Huo Xiao, those three words meant more than anything else!

Fucking future!

"If you don't want to die, get out of here. This has nothing to do with you!"

That night, flames shot up from the 749th Anjie Military Center. Huo Xiao, standing amidst the blaze, looked like a demon, letting the flames climb over him.

Across from him, Zhou Ji, who had been seriously injured by a surprise attack, looked horrified and surprised. "Huo Xiao, are you crazy?"

Huo Xiao remained silent, his eyes dead, as if waiting for something.

Until the other three people, who were like Zhou Ji, arrived at his destination after being contacted by him, they were all stunned by the scene.

Each of them was still saying something to Huo Xiao, nothing more than nonsense like "Calm down, talk it over." "Everyone's here, then... go to hell."

Huo Xiao, his body trembling with flames, pulled out a crystal. Seeing what he held, everyone's pupils trembled.

"Disaster Sun Fragment! Run!"

Zhou Ji didn't move. He knew all too well the power of a Disaster Sun Fragment. It was supposed to be Huo Xiao's reward for retaking the old city of Nanjiang. The Disaster Sun energy contained within it was no less than that of a nuclear bomb. He tried his best to remain calm and said, "Huo Xiao, what exactly has provoked you to such a rage? Tell me, and let's discuss it properly, can't we?"

"I'll discuss it with you!" Only Huo Xiao's crimson eyes could be seen in the flames. "Ten years ago, Jiang Jibai died at your hands. I have no intention of explaining right and wrong. You beasts sowed the seeds of disaster, and today, you must pay for it!"

With that, Huo Xiao unhesitatingly crushed the fragments of the Disaster Sun. His body instantly vaporized, leaving only his eyes fixed on Zhou Ji and the other five. Seeing how they struggled, unable to escape being devoured by the flames of the Disaster Sun, his heart, desolate for ten years, finally found its revenge.

"Xiaobai, I thought you were murdered by the Fierce Corpse, so I spent the rest of my life slaying the Fierce Corpse and protecting the Anjie to repay you. I never expected your death to be a man-made disaster, not a natural one. In this life, I, Huo Xiao, have failed you. I hope to be together in the next, whether in life or death!"

Memories of the past emerged like a revolving lantern in Huo Xiao's fading consciousness. That year, during his senior year of high school, the world was peaceful until the second catastrophic sun burst forth from the sky, alternating with the original sun to create a scorching apocalypse of twin suns.

Magnetic fields were disrupted, temperatures soared, and polar glaciers evaporated within 72 hours. Countless creatures perished under the scorching sun's rays or were transformed into scorching corpses...

Countless ordinary people, like Huo Xiao, not only had to endure the scorching natural climate of the catastrophic sun but also had to find ways to survive the apocalypse.

Unfortunately, Huo Xiao lacked sufficient supplies and suffered severe water shortages, falling into shock.

Luckily, just as he was near death, Jiang Jibai found him like an angel and fed him the last half bottle of water, saving his life.

Ten years later, whenever Huo Xiao recalled the sip of water he drank while half-conscious, it felt like the sweetest water he had ever tasted!

Afterwards, Huo Xiao regained consciousness and shared some time alone with Jiang Jibai. Although all emotions become fragile in the face of survival at the dawn of doomsday, Huo Xiao observed that Jiang Jibai, the silly girl, had been running around, disregarding the danger outside, specifically to find him.

The last half bottle of water was also something she had endured, wanting to leave for Huo Xiao despite her thirst.

"Love" is a beautiful product of peacetime, but it is the last thing to exist in the face of doomsday.

Huo Xiao was born of love, and Jiang Jibai died of love!

Even after replenishing his fluids, Huo Xiao was still weak. To save him, Jiang Jibai, despite being frightened and weak herself, resolutely set out to find supplies for Huo Xiao.

From this trip, she never returned.

Huo Xiao was later rescued by the search and rescue team, but he would never see that silly girl again!

"Water...water!" Huo Xiao muttered in his sleep, appearing to be in agony.

It was not until a metal straw pressed against his lips that he woke up after unconsciously taking two gulps. His instinctive reaction from slaughtering the Burning Beasts in the past caused him to reach forward before his eyes even opened. He felt something soft on his palm, followed by a cry of pain. He froze in his tracks, then abruptly opened his eyes.

Was this a dream?

Time seemed to stop at that moment. Huo Xiao stared intently at the blushing figure in front of him, holding a cup to feed him water. His hand was misplaced, the other end of the straw tightly gripped in his own teeth.

The years were peaceful, and the beauty was still with him.

Huo Xiao, who had been hunted by thousands of Burning Beasts in the past, his life hanging by a thread without shedding a single tear, now had tears welling up in his eyes. Almost greedily, he pulled Jiang Jibai, who was still staring at him, into his arms.

"Xiaobai, I finally found you."